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Sweet    by Dave Morrison
You set the price! 11300 words. Published on January 25, 2009. .

Hailed as 'A hearty weed in the garden of American poetry' Dave Morrison's work has been widely published in literary magazines and anthologies, and regularly featured on the Have Poems Will Travel radio program. Morrison describes his world with a photographer's eye and a pickpocket's touch, delivering poems packed with mischief, heartache and bruised optimism.
Forget What You Can't Remember    by Teel McClanahan
Price: $3.99 USD. 76700 words. Published by Modern Evil Press  on January 28, 2009. .

Featuring a zombie outbreak and a strange sort of doomsday, but really focusing on how coming through those experiences into utopia and freedom effects different people, Forget What You Can’t Remember is an exploration of the human mind under pressure. It’s about relationships, memory, opportunity, and dealing with their loss - and other kinds of loss. A spin-off of Lost and Not Found.
TORCELLO: Reflections on an Affirmative Path 1    by John Torcello
Price: $1.99 USD. 1110 words. Published on March 3, 2009. .

A small collection of free-verse poetry written from the perspective of a mid-lifer; but, intended for all. Insightful, positive, affirmative and inspirational.
TORCELLO: Reflections on an Affirmative Path 2    by John Torcello
Price: $1.99 USD. 1410 words. Published on March 18, 2009. .

A second small collection of free-verse poetry; further thoughts about heading down the road; and, continuing where volume 1 left off. Written from the perspective of a mid-lifer; but, intended for all. Insightful, aware, mindful, positive and inspirational.
Joy In a Box    by Sally Hanan
Price: $2.99 USD. 20440 words. Published on May 14, 2009. .

A blind girl has a gift; a father's heart breaks; a young boy in Africa might die; the step-children want her dead husband's money . . . Read these short snippets of fiction and be prepared to gasp, giggle, and groan. Sally Hanan’s insight into the human heart brings depth and richness to her stories, many of them written in a poetic style of prose that flows and gurgles like a country creek.
Big Fish    by Andrew Osmond
Price: $2.99 USD. 79520 words. Published by Minnow Press  on June 2, 2009. .

Innocent abroad Stuart Ward becomes a backpacker in peril when he travels to French Polynesia and the island of Bora Bora as the first stop on a Round-the-World itinerary. Arriving hopeful of adventure and romance, instead Stuart is unwittingly drawn into a conspiracy and he quickly discovers that the beautiful paradise islands are no Eden as one by one his fellow travellers begin to disappear...
Distant Cousin: Regeneration    by Al Past
Price: $4.99 USD. 116130 words. Published on September 1, 2009. .

In volume 4, only six people know the first alien to land on Earth is also a housewife and mother living in New Mexico. Everyone else knows her to be a reclusive but devoted philanthropist. So why is a shadowy billionaire trying to find her and kill her? And when death finally visits Ana Darcy Mendez, will it destroy her and her family? Be another to learn the secret of this engaging young woman.
Michelangelo's Shoulder    by John Moncure Wetterau
Price: $2.99 USD. 46360 words. Published on September 8, 2009. .

"The line across her eyebrows and tapering along her jaw was right. He'd left out a lot, but that didn't matter. If what was there was true enough, you knew the rest---like a Michelangelo shoulder emerging from stone." Maine, Seattle, Hawaii, and India are the settings for these beautiful stories of late awakenings, integrity, and persistence.
Gnomes of Suburbia    by Viola Grace
Price: $6.99 USD. 71490 words. Published by eXtasy Books  on September 10, 2009. .

The Nexus Chronicles book 1 - Magic, mermaids and gnomes come to life have become Abby’s life. Good thing the warlock next door helps take the edge off.
Those Who Wait    by Lynn Hones
Price: $5.99 USD. 76700 words. Published by eXtasy Books  on September 10, 2009. .

Be careful what you wish for--it might come from beyond the grave to find you.